The Sergeant (1910 film)

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The Sergeant
Directed by Francis Boggs
Written by Hobart Bosworth
Produced byFrancis Boggs
William Nicholas Selig
StarringHobart Bosworth
Iva Shepard
CinematographyJohn Dored
Production
company
Release date
  • September 22, 1910 (1910-09-22)
Running time
One reel
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Sergeant is a 1910 American silent Western film directed and produced by Francis Boggs. It was written by and starred Hobart Bosworth. The film was shot on location in what was later to become Yosemite National Park in California. [1]

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The Sergeant was part of a group of 75 early American films found in New Zealand in 2010. [1] The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ed Pilkington (June 7, 2010). "Lost John Ford movie unearthed in New Zealand". The Guardian .
  2. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.